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We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing.
1. US will now apply to study China’s moon rock samples: Nasa

2. Can anything save 3 historic Hong Kong villages from the wrecking ball?

3. Young Japanese trapped by outdated work culture seek greener pastures abroad: ‘I want some freedom’

4. Can Saudi Arabian football pull off what China failed to do?

5. Why Chinese people eat snake soup in winter, and why it’s disappearing



Iran war risks, Southeast Asia’s fuel crisis, Xinjiang’s ‘salmon’: SCMP’s 7 highlights

Guide to Hong Kong art week; cultural Chinese dining in Sweden: 7 Lifestyle highlights

China’s 7-day hypersonic design; Andy Lau’s Ming mystery: 7 science highlights

South Korean weapon outdoes US rival, Singapore’s secret to aging well: 7 Asia highlights

SCMP Highlights

US to apply to study China’s moon rock samples, Saudi Arabian football, snake soup: 5 weekend reads you may have missed

A graphic simulation image showing the orbiter and returner combination of China’s Chang’e-5 probe. Photo: Xinhua via AP

The landed Chang’e-5 spacecraft and a moon surface. Photo: Xinhua via AP

Hong Kong’s Ngau Chi Wan Village squatter area. Photo: Sun Yeung

Pedestrians in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Japan is facing a labour shortage but the country’s outdated corporate culture is pushing more young Japanese to look elsewhere for jobs. Photo: EPA-EFE

Spectators light flares during the Saudi Pro League football match between Al-Nassr and Al-Ahli at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Photo: AFP

Snake soup at Hong Kong restaurant Ser Wong Fun. Photo: Edmond So

Countries join China’s food-tech war on the West, Hong Kong logistics firms face eviction: SCMP’s 7 highlights of the week

illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Vials of Toripalimab Injection are on display at the booth of Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd during the 8th China (Shanghai) International Technology Fair in 2021. Photo: Getty Images

Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo with his wife Iriana (R) and son Gibran Rakabuming (R) at the Jakarta governor’s residence on October 20, 2014. Photo: AFP

Mainland social media observers have expressed shock over the ongoing practice of “ghost marriages” in China after a man’s dead daughter was “sold” to the parents of a dead man for US$9,300 by her adoptive family. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock

How 2 of the best films about 1980s New York were shot by Hong Kong’s Mabel Cheung – The Illegal Immigrant, and An Autumn’s Tale starring Chow Yun-fat

A still from “An Autumn’s Tale”.

Cherie Chung and Chow Yun-fat in a still from Mabel Cheung’s 1987 romance “An Autumn’s Tale”, shot in a down-at-heel New York.

Film director Mabel Cheung posing with her Hong Kong Film Awards trophy in 1986. Photo: SCMP

Ching Yong-cho (left) and Wu Fu-sheng in a still from “The Illegal Immigrant”.

Alex Law and Mabel Cheung, pictured in 2009. Photo: SCMP.

A still from “The Illegal Immigrant”.

Chow Yun-fat and Cherie Chung in a still from “An Autumn’s Tale”.

How the vagus nerve – body’s multilane messenger from our brains to our organs – is used to manage conditions from epilepsy to migraine

Invasive vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) uses a small device that is surgically implanted in the chest cavity near the collarbone to send electrical pulses to the vagus nerve which transmits those pulses to the brain.
Illustration: Shutterstock

The vagus nerve is capable of complex parallel processing and controls many functions, says neurosurgeon Professor Kevin Tracey. Photo: Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research

The vagus nerve regulates key aspects of our physiology, says Daniel Ko, founder and CEO of Neuropix. Photo: Neuropix

The vagus nerve runs from the brain to the intestines, through many organs, and has a role in multiple bodily functions. Photo: Shutterstock

The vagus nerve puts the brakes on our stress response. Slowing our breathing down can influence the vagus nerve. Photo: Shutterstock

You might know if your vagus nerve has gone into overdrive if you faint regularly. Fainting happens when there’s a sudden drop in blood flow to the brain. Photo: Shutterstock

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From China’s moon rock samples to Saudi Arabian football, here are stories you may have missed over the weekend


From China’s moon rock samples to Saudi Arabian football, here are stories you may have missed over the weekend.


US to apply to study China’s moon rock samples, Saudi Arabian football, snake soup: 5 weekend reads you may have missed

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}From China’s moon rock samples to Saudi Arabian football, here are stories you may have missed over the weekend

1. US will now apply to study China’s moon rock samples: Nasa

2. Can anything save 3 historic Hong Kong villages from the wrecking ball?

3. Young Japanese trapped by outdated work culture seek greener pastures abroad: ‘I want some freedom’

From China’s moon rock samples to Saudi Arabian football, here are stories you may have missed over the weekend